Wagon end-gate



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WAGON END GATE. APPLICATION HLED JULY 16, I918.

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WAGON END GATE. APPLICATION FILED JULY I6. 1918- l/VVEA/TOR ATTORNEY I Patented Oct. 28, 1919.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

WAGON END-GATE.

Patented Oct. 28, 1919.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, PERRY C. JAMEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sciota, in the county of McDonough and State Of Illinois, but now temporarily ofMacomb, in the same county and State, have invented a new and useful Wagon End-Gate, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that general class of such devices as are known as combined scoop-boards and end-gates and in which a centrally arranged panel is movable or indeed entirely removable from the sideboards which are used only when the entire device is used as a shoveling-board. I am aware that there are now on the market numerous end-gates of this general nature, all of which possess many polnts of useful novelty, but

within my knowledge none exists which is entirely free from faults; and the principal end and object toward which I have striven is to produce an end-gate which is free from any objection. 1 More specifically stated, one of theobjects of the invention is to provide a novelty held panel which can be very readily removed from the gate-frame. I

Another object'of the invention is to provide an end-gatewhich swings freely from either of its sides; the great advantages of this feature will be especially evident to any one familiar with the art of loading shelled corn into a farm elevatorhoppe'r, all of which are inclined; of loading and unloading hogs and other stock at chutes, etc.

Still another. object is to provide novel hinge mechanism whereby to attach the panel to the side-boards of the frame. It is an object to provide novel side rods and novel means for safely and securely holding them from the extreme vibrations which they receive as the, wagon passes over cloddy, stony country roads, across railway crossings, over frozen and rutty roads These function also to prevent the side-rods falling into the elevator hopper when the wagon is in dumping position and the rod is raised.

One more object is to provide novel means for attaching the lower end of the end-gate to the wagon body. This feature, in combination with bracket hooks on the endgate frame, possesses many points of novelty and utility hereinafter described. I desire to state at this time, however that the parts just enumerated form the hinges .and scoop-edge.

' of Fig. 1;

whereby the gate is held with absolute security upon the wagon-box until it is de sued to move or remove it. The last recited action may be instantly performed by merely pulling upwardly and rearwardly. The peculiar structural curvatures hold the entire gate from raising and slipping backward and from vibration.

Another object is to provide a gate in which the cheek pieces rest flush with the lower edge of the end-gate and either on or on the level with the upper face of the back sill of the wagon boX.

It is an object to so arrange-the upper angle-iron of the end-gate panel that it rests upon and is to some extent supported by the upper hinge-eyes.

011 very many gates of thecombined type the panel, due to swelling, warping, etc., sticks and binds itself so firmlybetween the side-frame pieces that it is almost impossible to loosen it. The opening tool most convenient for the operator is his scoop shovel, and usually results disastrously to both gate I have sought to provide a device in which'this objectionable feature is eliminated, or practically so, but, should the panel stick, it may be removed with the greatest ease by releasing one of the hinges, then striking a sharp blow on the opposite edge of the panel.

Minor objects will appear in the accompanying drawings. Referring to said drawingsz Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a gate embodying my improvements, opposite sides of the operating devices being shown in different relative positions;

Fig; 2 is a side elevation;

Fig. 3 is a top plan showing by dotted lines the panel in both of its swinging movements; V

Fig. 4 is a vertical section in the line l4= Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail, hereinafter fully described;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail in the plane of the line 66 in Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is an inner face view of one of the rod locking clips;

Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail illustrating one of the upper hinges.

Considering said drawings in detail, 2 represents the bottom of a wagon box, and 3 the rear sill thereof. 4% indicate the usual side frame boards and 5 is a panel hinged between them and adapted to swing in a horizontal plane 011 pairs of hinges arranged at each of its edges. In order to hold the upper portions of the boards absolutely from separation I bind their upper end portions with a heavy L-shaped iron (3 uniting them to the side-boards 1 by stiff braces 7 one of which is arranged at each upper corner near the upper edge of each side frame-board.

8 designates an angle-iron strip strongly bolted to the panel some little distance from its upper edge and performing the double function of uniting the panel boards and acting as a hingle member. Each of its ends slightly overlaps the adjacent frameboard 4 and each of these portions is provided with an eye 9, see Fig. 8. A like angle-iron 10 is similarly secured near the lower edge of the panel and each of its ends projects slightly over the edge of the adja cent frame-board where it is provided with an opening 11. Bolted to substantially the middle vertical portion of each board 4: is a plate 12, having near its outer portion an aperture 13. Near each upper end of each sideboard is bolted a hinge-plate 14: which is provided with an eye 15 registering with the eye 9. 16 is a corner bracket having an eye 16 which registers with the eye 11 in the angle-iron 10. 17 is a hinge-operating lever fulcrumed at 18 to a plate 12, the longer arm 19 of the lever acting as a convenient handle.

To the inner end of the lever is fulcrumed a hinge-bar 20 the tapered upper end of which passes through the registering eyes 15 and 9, thus drawing the parts firmly together. On the opposite side of the fulcrum (from the rod 20) is a hinge-bar 21 hingedly connected to the lever 17 its lower tapered end 21 projecting through the eyes 11 and 16. It will be seen that if it be desired to open the panel from its right hand edge this may be done very quickly and with the greatest ease by merely throwing the lever 17 to the position shown in Fig. 1. The hinge-rods 20 and 21 thus being removed from the plates 8 and 10 allow the panel to swing freely upon the points 8 and 21 through the corresponding eyes 15, 15", and

' those in the upper and lower angle-irons 8 and 10 respectively. These points 8 and 21 are the ends of h1nge-bars 20 20, fulcrumed to a lever 22 in the same manner that the rods 20 and 21 are fulorumed to ,brackets, each secured firmly to a cheek 4:.

Each comprises, besides the eyes already described, a pin-lug 26, a stop or detent 27,

and a pair of i'eamv'ardly curved hooks 28 which removably engage the loops 25. 29 is a spring-clip fulcrumed on a pin 30 fixed in a projection from each bracket and provided on its face with a tongue 31 which is adapted to seat in a recess 32 in the bracket. A pressure spring 33 interposed between the head 3 1 of the pin 30 bears on the clip 29 for a purpose presently described. 35, 35 are straps secured each to a cheek piece 50 and each having a constricted threaded end adapted to pass through an aperture 36 in the adjacent corner bracket, and receive a securing nut 36. 38, 38 are bifurcated straps secured one to each side of the wagon-box, each strap being provided at its rear end with an eye 39 for a purpose presently described. 40 is a bolt running from the forward to the rear edge of each cheek-piece and through the adjacent strap 1 1 where it is secured by a nut 41.

42, 13 designate side-rods each having a down turned hook 414; at its upper end and an eye 45 at its lower end. In order to illsert each hook 14 through its corresponding eye 39 it is necessary to invert the rod thus positively preventing the jolts and vibrations of the wagonfrom disengaging these parts and permitting the said rods to become lost. As shown best in Figs. 5 and 6 each eye 45 rests upon the detent 27 and is there firmly and securely locked by turning the yielding clip 29 to the position shown in said figures. When desired to release the rod all that is required is to turn the clip 29 from off it. The tongue 31 and recess 32 prevent accidental turning of the clip.

The panel may be'entirely removed in an instant by merely releasing the levers 17 and 22 to free all the hinge-rod-points from the apertures in the members 8 and 10. Should it be desiredto remove the gate in its entirety from the wagonbox it may be done by letting it swing downward on the hooks 28 then raising said hooks free from the loops 25. It is to be particularly noted, however, that when the gate is in vertical position these hooks effectively prevent the gate bouncing or rising as the wagon is traversing rough roads, whereby to permit the grain to escape. I- wish to call attention also to the fact that there is not a single projection on the inner face of the entire shoveling-board surface, whereon the scoop edge will catch and bend or break. Each bolt is a round headed one, inserted from the shoveling-board-face and drawn so tautly that its edges sink into the wood.

Having thus described the general nature of my invention, and having set forth many of its points of superiority, I claim as new the following, to-wit:

1. A wagon end-gate comprising a pair of side-boards spaced apart, a panel normally closing the space between them, a pair of transversely ar 'anged angle-bars fixed to and crossing the panel, each thereof provided at each end with an eye, hinge members adjacent eachend of each angle bar, each provided with an eye registering with one of the eyes aforesaid and releasing and connecting hinge-members controllable by the operator for connecting and disconnect ing coacting pairs of eyes, whereby the panel may swing from either one of its vertical edges.

2. A wagon end-gate comprising a pair of side-boards spaced apart, a panel normally closing the space between them, a pair of transversely arranged angle-bars fixed to and crossing the panel, each thereof provided with an eye, a pair of hinge members arranged immediately below the upper angle-bar at each end thereof, a second pair of hinge members arranged immediately above the lower angle-bar at each end thereof, each hinge member being provided with an eye registering with one ofthe eyes in the anglebars, a pintle slidable in the eye of each hinge member, and a lever for operating each vertical pair of pintles simultaneously to move said pintles in and out of engagement with the eyes in the angle-bars, whereby the panel may swing from either one of its vertical edges.

3. A wagon end-gate comprising a pair of side-boards spaced apart, a panel normally closing the space between them, coacting pairs of hinge eyes secured to each side of the panel and to the side frame boards, locking rods adapted to efiect engagement and disengagement of said pairs of eyes, and an actuating lever for simultaneously operating said rods.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature at Macomb, Illinois, this 26th day of June, 1918.

PERRY 0. JAMES.

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, Washington, D. G. 

